Samsung have announced that they'll be retrofitting the Galaxy S3 & Gear Sport with the Bixby voice assistant replacing S Voice, as an S3 Frontier owner I'm really happy about this as it will give me smarthome control on my wrist 👍
https://www.sammobile.com/news/bixby-to-gear-s3-gear-sport

Yeah absolutely @MNA1966like you I have motion sensors in the majority of my rooms to trigger lighting, even where this is not the case I have the ability to use voice control, there's only really 1 set of lights that isn't currently served by smart lighting & it's not an essential part of the house

So I've been thinking, what ways do you guys think smart home tech can help during the current COVID-19 pandemic?
I was thinking that smart displays could be particularly useful for the video call functionality for those in self isolation.
The drop in & broadcast features on the Echo Dot/Nest Mini's could be useful for communication for those not wishing to handle their mobile/call phone for infection control reasons.

Just read a short article regarding voice assistant use smart speakers Vs mobile device and task/action type.
I wondered how you guys utilise your voice assistants?
My own personal use fits what the article suggests is typical behaviour i.e I use my voice assistant more frequently on my mobile phone than I do on a smart speaker by virtue of the fact that I'm out of my home for 10+ hours each day due to work. I primarily use my Google Assistant on my android phone for navigation or quick information searches (rarely do I ever venture into my Alexa or Bixby apps). When in the home I mainly utilise my Alexa & Google Home speakerfor smart home control, weather or commute queries & entertainment i.e music whilst I utilise my smart displays for online video i.e YouTube.
https://www.zdnet.com/article/getting-consumers-beyond-simple-tasks-on-smart-speakers-is-challenging/

Has anyone encountered this bluetooth issue with their Google Home products? I haven't personally, but I generally use my Google speakers to play music directly or to create a bluetooth connection to a better speaker as opposed to connecting a phone/tablet to them via bluetooth to play music.
Google Home bluetooth issue acknowledged by Google:
https://www.techradar.com/news/google-home-speakers-have-a-big-problem-and-its-finally-getting-sorted

Hey @FrankEjust spotted these: https://mytracmo.com/
They work with IFTTT so presumably that's a good launching point.
This vid is from a couple of years ago so not sure how much of this functionality came to pass, if even half did it sounds like a very interesting product:

Yeah I've seemingly developed motion sickness of at least a more acute sensitivity to motion as I've hit my mid 30's, the last time I tried my son's PlayStation VR I thought I was gunna throw my bollocks up (English-ism for you there) after about 30secs 🤢🤢

I use OSRAM GU10 bulbs with my SmartThings set up, however I had to enable them through my Phillips Hue hub to do so, they are tunable white bulbs & I've had no problem with then after a couple of years.

Looks like the smarthome is coming to the car finally 😁
https://www.engadget.com/2020/01/09/samsung-smartthings-smartcar-app/
Anyone who saw my smart home video (17mins 50secs) with Brian will know just how much I want this sort of integration!